Good luck finding a PlayStation 5: Walmart and other retailers battle ‘bots’ snatching up hot products

By Richa Naidu and Melissa Fares
  • TECH

  • Tuesday, 08 Dec 2020

CHICAGO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Seven times last month, Benjamin Karmis, a 26-year-old priest from Wheaton, Illinois, failed to get his hands on the latest Sony PlayStation 5 video game console from retail websites including Walmart Inc and Facebook Marketplace.

But it wasn't because another person beat him to the purchase.

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